A minimum of one particular person lifeless, 20 wounded in Halloween night time shootings in Chicago and Kansas City5 hours in the past

One particular person was killed and about 20 wounded on Halloween night time in two separate taking pictures assaults within the U.S. cities of Kansas Metropolis and Chicago, police stated.

Between 5 and 7 folks had been shot and one was killed in a taking pictures at a house in Kansas Metropolis, the place about 70-100 teenagers had been partying on Monday night time, metropolis police chief Karl Oakman stated.

Some people unknown to the owners began taking pictures after they had been requested to depart, Oakman informed reporters.

In Chicago, 14 folks, together with two youngsters and a youngster, had been injured in a drive-by taking pictures, however there have been no rapid reviews of deaths, Chicago police stated.

Seven of the injured, together with the three minors, had been both in severe or crucial situation.

Two shooters, travelling in a darkish SUV, shot at a bunch which was standing at an intersection, police stated. 13 had been hit by gunfire whereas one was struck by a automobile, police stated, correcting an earlier assertion which stated that as many as 14 had been shot.

Police didn’t establish the offenders or have any particulars of the motive, Chicago police superintendent David Brown informed a press briefing.

The bloodshed follows a sequence of U.S. faculty shootings which have left dozens lifeless and wounded this 12 months alone, including to a long-running U.S. debate over gun management. One of many deadliest befell in Could when a gunman killed 19 youngsters and two adults in Uvalde, Texas.